Religious and psychological thought are also to be found in modern song:
"Everybodies got troubles, troubles, troubles,
And I got troubles too."
The quest and doom of the intellectual appears:
"I'm beginning to wonder,
And wonder, I worry
I'm beginning to worry
Yes lately, I worry."
While universal thought and national figures exert an influence upon pop songs, some lyrics seem to stand apart from all literature and philosophy, and emerge as a self-contained and self-explanatory art form:
Darling don't forbid me
To talk sweet talk
Let-a me fill your little heart with fire
'Cause it's cold...."